He suggests Ayurveda, Yoga Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) module to be introduced for MBBS course and the relevant biomedical subjects to be taught to AYUSH graduates. It raises two important issues. • AYUSH is like a cocktail. Unless crosstalk occurs between the ingredients of AYUSH, AYUSH module is not conceivable • Medicine is an applied discipline. Any knowledge area, unl...

Nigella sativa Linn. (Family-Ranunculaceae) is a widely used medicinal plant throughout India and popular in various Indigenous System of Medicine like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Tibb. The seeds are used as astringent, bitter, stimulant, diuretic, emmenagogue and anthelmintic. They are also useful in jaundice, intermittent fever, dyspepsia, paralysis, piles and skin diseases. The present revie...

Psoriasis is a chronic disorder with impact on quality of life and its high rate relapse noted every now then. The disease psoriasis has been prevalent in mankind since time immorial the runs course. Da-us-sadaf (psoriasis) an Arabic word da meaning as sadaf molluscum shell. marked by shell like silvery white scales or flakes which keep shedding from horny layer skin. Many eitioathological cond...